I want to make the peanut butter pillows (VCTOYCJ) and chai snickerdoodles (PPK blog) this weekend to have for Christmas. Should I freeze the uncooked cookies, or make the cookies and freeze them? I've never done either, so I have no idea what would be best.

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for the pb pillows, you should freeze the baked cookies. actually i'd just freeze all of them baked. now i can't remember who did that for their wedding, but they blogged the whole thing about freezing baked cookies a few weeks in advance.

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for the pb pillows, you should freeze the baked cookies. actually i'd just freeze all of them baked. now i can't remember who did that for their wedding, but they blogged the whole thing about freezing baked cookies a few weeks in advance.

My sister did, too. It was 1984, though, so she didn't blog about it. My brothers and I ate some of them and she was furious Mint Nanaimo bars!

I freeze cookies all the time. Make sure you get as much air out of the bag as possible if using bags. Alternatively, I have frozen squares (bar cookies) or frosted cookies in a single layer on top of wax paper on a cookie sheet (to prevent them sticking together) and then when they are frozen put them in a freezer bag or a tub, with wax paper between the layers.

Cool, thanks! If I freeze cookies today, do you think they'll be good on Christmas and Boxing Day?

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At work, I've frozen big batches of baked cookies and thawed them a week later on the counter with no loss of texture, taste, etc. My instinct is that 2.5 weeks would be fine, but I can't say from experience.

Yay, so glad I found this thread! I made waaaay too many cookies and then got sick so I couldn't bring them anywhere. As tempting as it is to just live off cookies and pretend that fights a cold, I'm sure I'll be happier having an emergency supply for later.